Sujet : Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
De : admin (at) *nospam* 127.0.0.1 (Kerr-Mudd, John)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written alt.usage.englishDate : 19. Feb 2025, 11:19:31
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:31:35 +0000
Aidan Kehoe <
kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:
Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Feabhra, scríobh J. J. Lodder:
> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Judith Latham wrote:
> >
> > > Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last
> > > century that have been banned from schools, libraries, and, in some
> > > cases, entire countries. [...]
> > > To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> >
> > Boring!
>
> And thoroughly American-nasty.
> The idea that it is allright to kill any bird for any reason,
> because you happen to feel that way, or just for target practice
> put me off whatever else the book is trying to say.
> Excepting Mockingbirds doesn't make it any better,
There’s nothing specifically American about hunting. Though yes, this situation
is not hunting in the usual sense.
Hunting is deeply imbedded in US culture. Hence the NRA.
-- Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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